Podenco Post

Category: Fund raising

  • The Baranco podenco puppies – beating the bastard who tried to kill them!

    Baranco puppies road and barrier 250This is a road and a ravine in Spain. on 7th September Penelope Guest, who lives nearby, heard some faint cries. She tells the story.

    ‘Well, it’s started…the mass killing of podencos. Yesterday I could hear tiny helps, coming from the mountain behind me. John and I climbed up as far as we could, and could see a bag hup higher. John was able to clibe all the way up, and inside the bag were seven newly born podenco puppies. Unable to bring them back up, I called a friend to bring some ropes and a pulley and we were able to bring John and the half-dead pups up.

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  • Valencia – P.E.P.A. at work on the streets

    PEPA Bonnie and pups 250 26 8 2014PEPA rescues many podencos from Valencia province, Rosemary Macdonald tells the story of Bonnie.

    ‘This is Bonnie who was in danger of having her puppies on the streets of Valencia. Now less than a week later here she is the proud mum of seven at the moment healthy pups. We have been given promises of help with these puppies so I hope everyone helps us as we will need foster for them in about 5-6 weeks.’

    If you are in the area and can help, please contact Rosemary. Also any help with feed bills and vaccinations.

  • Podenca Verity – a severe case of mange, anaemia and starvation!

    Little Pod Verity 190 2 8 2014This poor podenco has been named Verity. She was found in this terrible state and taken to Little Pod Association, who took her straight to their vet. She is suffering from an horrendous case of mange, her blood count is down to just of 15 so she is also severely anaemic, as well as seriously starving.

    News on her from LPA.

    ‘Let’s start with the good news (yes there is some good news!!)

    Verity’s initial blood tests show she is amazingly negative for all diseases (Leishmania, Filaria, Ehrlichia, Lymmes)… We have to wait for the next set of results from the lab to make sure but we are all completely astounded by this

    The second piece of good news is that Verity doesn’t appear to have any broken bones or injuries that require any major surgery

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  • Saving Alaska – Podenco Friends respond

    Bev Alaska 250 24 7 2014This poor podenco was dumped in a perrera by the owner. Appeals were made on my facebook page Podenco Post to save ‘Grandpa Oldie’ by people outside of Spain. Although she has double the number of podencos she originally planned on having, all waiting for adoption – Bev Farmer of Podenco Friends stepped in to save Grandpa Oldie.

    Grandpa Oldie turned out to be an 11-year old female called Alaska who had been taken to the perrera by her owner, along with an up-to-date vaccination record! Bev says, ‘she is not underweight and looks to be well cared for.’ However, as with all rescued dogs, Bev took Alaska to her vet for checking over, as she was not happy with swelling around her stomach and she also had a temperature.

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  • Scooby Medina on podencos

    Until recently Scooby didn’t rescue podencos but that changed when they recently took in dozens more animals, amongst them pregnant horses, ferrets, goats…all fed on potato crisps! Here’s what Fermin has to say about their podencos.

  • Ticks and fleas on abandoned dogs – podenca fights back!

    Rosemary Skylar baby pod 250 8 2014This little podenca puppy is 3 months old, she was found abandoned with a huge infestation of ticks and fleas. She’s been named Skylar and is being treated but, not surprisingly with the number of huge ticks filled with her blood, she has jaundice. Fingers crossed for the sweet baby. She is with Pepa, if you can help find a forever home for her when she is better. Adorable – how could anyone lose her!

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  • Portuguese Podengo – rescued from the streets, needs her forever home

    Portugal Suki 170 8 2014Look at this gorgeous little Portuguese Podenco – she was lucky to be rescued, Portugal has a bad record for canine suffering. She deserves to live the rest of her life with a family. Please contact Dogs of Portugal if you can help her.

  • Juliet in Granada…wherefore art thou, my family?

    ASAP Juliet 250 1 8 2014
    Introducing Juliet, the perfect podenco for a family. Please take a look at her story and her photos here. And THE most wonderful video illustrating just what a beauty she is. She needs to find her forever family – they must be out there waiting for her. Contact ASAP if you can help

  • TAIL Torrox, Andalucia and Goldra Dog Sanctuary, Portugal – please support their dogs

    Two more rescue refuges/associations which help podencos, many needing forever homes.

    Tail Torrox is in Andalucia where Carole has uprooted from her London life to go and live and help the dogs – over 60 at the last count.

    And The Goldra Dog Santuary is in Portugal, with over 100 dogs. There aren’t many shelters in Portugal, dogs have a terrible time abandoned on the streets. If you can sponsor one of their podencos, please help them. And publicise their work, organise a fundraiser, go and stay for a week volunteering.

  • TAIL Torrox, Andalucia – introducing Charley, waiting for a special home

    TAIL Charley 1 250Unlike the keyboard bully to whom I refer in an earlier post, I don’t profess to know all there is to know about podencos. Yes, I’ve been involved in their rescue, foster, rehoming for several years but in order to complete my definitive guide to the plight of the Podenco – From Pyramid to Perrera – I enlisted the help and experience of several other people involved in helping these wonderful hounds. There are new associations to add to the ever growing list on Podenco Post and only this week I have been introduced to one.

    I’d like to introduce you to Charley, a podenco with TAIL Torrox, a refuge in Andalucia. Carly Cole tells his story.

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